Culinary sifter or strainer.



PATENTED DEG. 6,.19O4.

No. 776,640. A

M. L. BRITTON.

GULINARY SIFTER OR STRAINBR.

APPLIGATION FILED APR-15, 1904.

N0 MODEL.

anuanfoz witnaooeo UNITED STATES Patented December 6, 1904.

PATENT OEEicE.

CULINARY SIFTER OR STRAINER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 776,640, dated December 6, 1904. Application filed April 15, 1904;. Serial No. 203,368. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARY L. BRITTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Marion,in

the county of Marion and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Culinary Sifters or Strainers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to devices for straining liquids, jellies, &c., for use in householdkitchens, and has for its objects the provision of a device simple in construction, reasonable in cost of manufacture, and that can be used either as a sieve or as a strainer-bag holder.

The construction and advantages of my invention will fully appear hereinafter and by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side View in elevation of my invention,showingit in operation as a strainerbag holder; Fig. 2, a top plan View showing the invention as a sieve, and Fig. 3 a vertical sectional View of the frame with the strainer and sieve in position.

In the drawings similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

A represents a plate made of suitable material and adapted to be secured to the wall or any suitable support, and B arms extending outwardly therefrom, to which is secured a circular frame O.

D represents a dish-shaped sieve-frame having an outwardly-extendin g flange (Z at its top adapted to seat on the top edge of frame O and an inwardly-extending flange d on its lower edge to receive sifting-disks IE, it being understood that by having disks of varying mesh different commodities may be sifted.

always ready for use either as a sifter or a 5 strainer and because of its construction will hold the strainer-bag at such a distance from the wall that there will be no danger of soiling it with the contents of the bag or sifter and permit a receptacle to be placed under it to receive the sifted or strained substance.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is In a culinary sifter and strainer, a plate adapted to be secured to a suitable support, arms extending outwardly from said plate, a circular frame secured to said arms, a strainercloth adapted to be inserted in said frame and. have its top edge turned over the top of the frame, a ring adapted to clamp the top edge of said cloth, a dish-shaped sieve, and a flange on the outer edge of said sieve to seat on the top edge of said frame substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I hereto ailix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

S. H. Burrrou, G. E. MoUsER. 

